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In the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor, director is tasked by producer , both now serving in the navy, to film a documentary about that infamous day. What Toland provided was an 82 minute documentary that featured not only the attack but focused heavily on the local Japanese populations supposedly large role as spies providing information to the homeland. Ford took over the direction of the film and the military eventually released a 34 minute version focusing on the attack. The longer version features Uncle Sam telling the audience how naive America was before Pearl Harbor with recreations of Japanese people collecting information in preparation for the attack.
This film exists in two versions. The released version recreates Japans attack on Pearl Harbor and its aftermath. The longer, unreleased cut (which is rarely screened) brackets this material fictional sequences. The introductory sequence shows Uncle Sam on vacation in Hawaii on December 6th. A character embodying the Voice of Responsibility warns him that ignoring Japanese immigrant Fifth Column activity will lead to disaster. The concluding sequence the ghost of a serviceman killed in the attack discussing how the US will beat the Japanese with the ghost of a World War I soldier in Arlington National Cemetary.
Walter Huston
Uncle Sam 'U.S.'
Harry Davenport
Mr. 'C'
Dana Andrews
Ghost of US Sailor Killed at Pearl Harbor
Paul Hurst
World War I Ghost Soldier
George O'Brien
Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen
James Kevin McGuinness
Narrator
Philip Ahn
Shinto Priest
Addie Allen
Self
Ralph Byrd
Reporter
James Conaty
Wounded Officer
Hirohito
Self
Adolf Hitler
Self
James E. Kelley
Self
Mrs. James E. Kelley
Self
Mrs. William J. Leight
Self
William J. Leight
Self
'Ducky' Louie
Hawaiian Boy
Robert Lowery
Pvt. Joseph L. Lockhart
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